Sure........but there's a difference between raising a child and raising a child with balance. Fem's will shriek of course when I boldly proclaim that children need a mother AND a father, but they can lick my ass sap. I fully believe I'm spot on and I couldn't give a rat's ass that detractors feel strenuously otherwise. They can bite me.

I did and she is great. Apparently, he was too busy with his own life after the divorce. Ran away to the great state of California to find himself some happiness. Meanwhile, it was HARD. Real hard. Hard on me and hard on her. We went without while he dated and basked in the sun.

I raised two boys. With no help from their father. No financial help. He had visitation every other weekend, but he just dropped them off at his Mothers. So he was no help there either. It just got so I just dropped them off at his Moms. She and I got along great.
But I raised them myself and did it with no help from his father or from Welfare. I always had a job. And he had visitation all summer, so I would take an extra job for the summer. And save the money for things the boys needed through the school yrs. His Mom would have them all summer too.